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Evolution of Shrews

Edited by J.M. Wójcik and M. Wolsan
December 1998
Mammal Research Institute / Polish Academy of Sciences
ISBN: 83-907521-0-7
458 pages, illustrated
$103.50 hardcover

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In spite of an apparent recent increase of interest in shrews and an impressive bibliography on the evolution of this fascinating group of mammals, until now there has been no comprehensive work that deals with current problems in shrew evolutionary research. This book represents an attempt to redress this omission, by offering a volume that seeks to review the present state of our knowledge of shrew evolutionary biology. Includes many black & white illustrations.

Contents:

• Introduction
  M. Wolsan and J.M. Wojcik
  
• 1. A classification of the fossil and Recent shrews
  J.W.F. Reumer
• 2. Fossil history of shrews in Europe
  B. Rzebik-Kowalska
• 3. Fossil history of shrews in Asia
  G. Storch, Zh. Qiu and V.S. Zazhigin
• 4. Fossil history of shrews in Africa
  P.M. Butler
• 5. Fossil history of shrews in North Americ
  A.H. Harris
• 6. Dental adaptations in shrew
  E. Dannelid
• 7. Chromosomal evolution in shrew
  J. Zima, L. Lukacova and M. Macholan
• 8. Chromosomal evolution: the case of Sorex araneu
  J.B. Searle and J.M. Wojcik
• 9. Protein evolution in shrew
  M. Ruedi
• 10. Mitochondrial DNA evolution in shrew
  J. Hausser, L. Fumagalli and P. Taberlet
• 11. Evolution of energetic strategies in shrew
  J.R.E. Taylor
• 12. Evolution of social systems in shrew
  L. Rychlik
• 13. Shrew mating systems
  P. Stockley and J.B. Searle
• Appendix: A list of the living species of shrews
  M. Wolsan and R. Hutterer
• Taxonomic index
  

Genetics; Biology